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Fog Bank, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
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Fog is the only source of moisture for desert dwelling animals and plants living in the Namib Desert sand dune field, Namibia (23.5N, 15.0E). Coastal stratus clouds provide most of the life supporting moisture as fog droplets in this arid land where the usual annual rainfall is less than a quarter of an inch for decades at a time. In this view, the stratus clouds over the coast conform to the dune pattern proving that the fog is in ground contact.
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Credit lineFog Bank, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa. NASA/JSC, 1991-12-01. Public domain. ID: s44-79-046.
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